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Transporter Effects Day 5: Enterprise and NuTrek
Enterprise tries to mix the TNG effect with the TOS (including sounds), and while the transporter is safe for biomatter, it’s definitely in the early stages. sprinkles abound.
Star Trek 2009: Squibbly, squirrely, overly dramatic effect. Like being transported into an A-Ha video.
Star Trek Beyond: Franklin’s Enterprise-Era transporters are a bit rougher but also one of the faster ones I’ve seen.
Transporter Effects Day 5: Enterprise and NuTrek
Enterprise tries to mix the TNG effect with the TOS (including sounds), and while the transporter is safe for biomatter, it’s definitely in the early stages. sprinkles abound.
Star Trek 2009: Squibbly, squirrely, overly dramatic effect. Like being transported into an A-Ha video.
Star Trek Beyond: Franklin’s Enterprise-Era transporters are a bit rougher but also one of the faster ones I’ve seen.
Transporter Effect Day 4: TNG Movie Edition
The TNGs make subtle effects change from the show and movie per movie. Also none of the movies involving the Enterprise-E ever show us that ship’s transporter room.
Generations: The addition of a solid column around the tradition TNG transporter effect.
First Contact & Nemesis: virtually identical to each other with thinner sparkles and columns that are on a colour spectrum rather than uniform blue. The Nemesis one takes a bit longer and looks like they applied an HD filter or something.
Insurrection: The odd duck of the bunch, looks the most TNG-esque while a bit cheaper than the rest.
Transporter Effect Day 4: TNG Movie Edition
The TNGs make subtle effects change from the show and movie per movie. Also none of the movies involving the Enterprise-E ever show us that ship’s transporter room.
Generations: The addition of a solid column around the tradition TNG transporter effect.
First Contact & Nemesis: virtually identical to each other with thinner sparkles and columns that are on a colour spectrum rather than uniform blue. The Nemesis one takes a bit longer and looks like they applied an HD filter or something.
Insurrection: The odd duck of the bunch, looks the most TNG-esque while a bit cheaper than the rest.
Transporter effects day 3: 90′s Trek
The returns of sprinkles! The effect involved stirring something in a big clear container and filming it.
The TNG and DS9 effects for the Starfleet transporter remains unchanged throughout the series. I’ve included the Cardassian one as it was featured heavily in the show, and is just pretty to look at with the gold waves and swirls.
The Voyager one includes three big beads of light a reminiscent of the movie era.
Transporter effects day 3: 90′s Trek
The returns of sprinkles! The effect involved stirring something in a big clear container and filming it.
The TNG and DS9 effects for the Starfleet transporter remains unchanged throughout the series. I’ve included the Cardassian one as it was featured heavily in the show, and is just pretty to look at with the gold waves and swirls.
The Voyager one includes three big beads of light a reminiscent of the movie era.
Close up on silly transporter effect.
